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Twelve new students have entered the Class of 2011-12 in the Imi Ho’ola Post-Baccalaureate Program, one of the most successful programs in the country to promote diversity in medicine. This year’s incoming class includes three neighbor island students (from Hawai’i Island- part of the state where the physician shortage is greatest), eight are from O’ahu, [...]

The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine second-year medical students continue to excel at the national level. For the second year in a row, every one of our MS-2’s (100%) has passed the US Medical Licensing Exam, Step 1. Their mean score is also remarkable. The MS-2’s from JABSOM are on [...]

Hawai’i News Now reported on the White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2015. At 66 students, it’s the largest single MD class in the history of the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Click the links below to watch the news story on Hawai’i News Now’s website. The reporter is Ben Gutierrez. Hawaii News [...]

Sixty-six new students received the short white coats that identify them as physicians in training on Friday, July 22, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel Resort and Spa. The 66 newest students represent an expansion of the MD class to address an ongoing physician shortage. Chosen from more than 1,600 applicants received by the John A. Burns [...]

The University of Hawai’i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine is arguably the most culturally and racially diverse medical school in the country. When the President of the Association of American Medical Colleges came to visit (and speak at the MD Convocation) last May, he told Dean Jerris Hedges he never realized just how diverse [...]

The Class of 2015 — the largest-ever entering MD class at the University of Hawai’i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine — is having quite a week. It started Monday with orientation. On Tuesday, students were busy signing up for locations where they will perform community service. In this picture, a group gathers outside the [...]